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Gravitational Waves Reveal Most Massive Black Hole Merger Ever Observed
The GW231123 event marks the most massive black hole merger ever detected through gravitational waves, involving black holes of 100 and 140 solar masses. Observed by the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA network, it challenges current black hole formation models with extreme mass and spin, suggesting a complex origin. Scientists believe its full implications may ta...
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Scientists Detect Biggest Merger Of Two Black Holes In History
Scientists have detected the most massive merger of two black holes ever recorded for the first time in history.
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Gravitational Waves Reveal Black Hole Ancestry Through Spin Analysis
A study published in Physical Review Letters explores how gravitational waves reveal the ancestry of black holes. By examining 69 black hole mergers, researchers found that spin shifts indicate repeated collisions in dense star clusters. This insight supports models suggesting black holes grow through sequential mergers. Observatories like LIGO and...
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Scientists Develop New Approach to Capture Gravitational Wave Memory from Supernovae
A study published in Physical Review Letters highlights new methods to detect the gravitational wave memory effect, a unique phenomenon predicted by Einstein's general relativity. Core-collapse supernovae (massive stellar explosions) generate these low-frequency gravitational waves, offering a rare glimpse into stellar interiors. Despite their weak...
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New Theory Suggests Gravitational Waves Could Solve Black Hole Information Paradox
A new study proposes a potential solution to the long-standing black hole information paradox, suggesting that black holes might leak information through gravitational waves. Researchers at the California Institute of Technology have explored how quantum nonlocality could connect the interior of a black hole with its exterior. This connection would...
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Technology Day: PM Modi To Lay Foundation Of Gravity Observatory LIGO-India Tomorrow
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone of Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory India (LIGO-India) on Thursday, when the country celebrates the 25th anniversary of the Pokhran-II nuclear tests.
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India To Build Massive Observatory 'LIGO' To Detect Gravitational Waves
LIGO-India will significantly enhance scientists' ability to pinpoint the sources of gravitational waves -- ripples in the fabric of space and time -- and answer fundamental questions about the universe, experts say.
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Dozens of Newly-Detected Gravitational-Wave Events May Help Better Understand Black Holes, Neutron Stars
Astrophysicists have found new 39 gravitational-wave events caused by collision of black holes and neutron stars far in the universe. These, along with previously observed 11 events, will help them understand the population of black holes and neutron stars across the universe.
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First Black Hole With 'Intermediate Mass' Discovered, Oldest Ever Detected
Scientists announced Wednesday the discovery of a black hole -- the oldest ever detected -- that shouldn't even exist according to the current understanding of cosmic monsters so dense not even light can escape their gravitational pull.
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"You Don't Look Hindu": Scientist Alleges Not Allowed Into US Garba Event
An Indian scientist in the US has said he and his friends were denied entry at a garba event in Atlanta. The scientist and his friends, who had gone to celebrate Navratri, were allegedly told by the organisers that they don't "look Hindu" and that their last names don't "sound Hindu".
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NASA to Support ESA's Gravitational Wave Space Mission
ESA's Science Program Committee announced the selection of the three-spacecraft constellation LISA this week.
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LIGO Detects Gravitational Waves for Third Time as Two Black Holes Merge
As was the case with the first two detections, the waves were generated when two black holes merged to form a larger black hole.
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Observatory For Gravitational Waves Back Online, Set To Detect More Waves
The twin detectors of LIGO - which made the first ever direct detection of gravitational waves - have been restarted and scientists expect to detect more black hole mergers from farther out in the universe.
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First LIGO Lab Outside US To Come Up In Maharashtra's Hingoli
Maharashtra's Hingoli district has been chosen for carrying out experiments on the ambitious LIGO project that proved existence of gravitational waves, a major breakthrough in science.
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New Technology Could Help Detect Gravitational Waves Better
The team from MIT and Australian National University report on improvements to what is called a squeezed vacuum source.
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Gravitational Waves Reveal Most Massive Black Hole Merger Ever Observed
The GW231123 event marks the most massive black hole merger ever detected through gravitational waves, involving black holes of 100 and 140 solar masses. Observed by the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA network, it challenges current black hole formation models with extreme mass and spin, suggesting a complex origin. Scientists believe its full implications may ta...
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Scientists Detect Biggest Merger Of Two Black Holes In History
Scientists have detected the most massive merger of two black holes ever recorded for the first time in history.
-
Gravitational Waves Reveal Black Hole Ancestry Through Spin Analysis
A study published in Physical Review Letters explores how gravitational waves reveal the ancestry of black holes. By examining 69 black hole mergers, researchers found that spin shifts indicate repeated collisions in dense star clusters. This insight supports models suggesting black holes grow through sequential mergers. Observatories like LIGO and...
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Scientists Develop New Approach to Capture Gravitational Wave Memory from Supernovae
A study published in Physical Review Letters highlights new methods to detect the gravitational wave memory effect, a unique phenomenon predicted by Einstein's general relativity. Core-collapse supernovae (massive stellar explosions) generate these low-frequency gravitational waves, offering a rare glimpse into stellar interiors. Despite their weak...
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New Theory Suggests Gravitational Waves Could Solve Black Hole Information Paradox
A new study proposes a potential solution to the long-standing black hole information paradox, suggesting that black holes might leak information through gravitational waves. Researchers at the California Institute of Technology have explored how quantum nonlocality could connect the interior of a black hole with its exterior. This connection would...
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Technology Day: PM Modi To Lay Foundation Of Gravity Observatory LIGO-India Tomorrow
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone of Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory India (LIGO-India) on Thursday, when the country celebrates the 25th anniversary of the Pokhran-II nuclear tests.
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India To Build Massive Observatory 'LIGO' To Detect Gravitational Waves
LIGO-India will significantly enhance scientists' ability to pinpoint the sources of gravitational waves -- ripples in the fabric of space and time -- and answer fundamental questions about the universe, experts say.
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Dozens of Newly-Detected Gravitational-Wave Events May Help Better Understand Black Holes, Neutron Stars
Astrophysicists have found new 39 gravitational-wave events caused by collision of black holes and neutron stars far in the universe. These, along with previously observed 11 events, will help them understand the population of black holes and neutron stars across the universe.
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First Black Hole With 'Intermediate Mass' Discovered, Oldest Ever Detected
Scientists announced Wednesday the discovery of a black hole -- the oldest ever detected -- that shouldn't even exist according to the current understanding of cosmic monsters so dense not even light can escape their gravitational pull.
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"You Don't Look Hindu": Scientist Alleges Not Allowed Into US Garba Event
An Indian scientist in the US has said he and his friends were denied entry at a garba event in Atlanta. The scientist and his friends, who had gone to celebrate Navratri, were allegedly told by the organisers that they don't "look Hindu" and that their last names don't "sound Hindu".
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NASA to Support ESA's Gravitational Wave Space Mission
ESA's Science Program Committee announced the selection of the three-spacecraft constellation LISA this week.
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LIGO Detects Gravitational Waves for Third Time as Two Black Holes Merge
As was the case with the first two detections, the waves were generated when two black holes merged to form a larger black hole.
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Observatory For Gravitational Waves Back Online, Set To Detect More Waves
The twin detectors of LIGO - which made the first ever direct detection of gravitational waves - have been restarted and scientists expect to detect more black hole mergers from farther out in the universe.
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First LIGO Lab Outside US To Come Up In Maharashtra's Hingoli
Maharashtra's Hingoli district has been chosen for carrying out experiments on the ambitious LIGO project that proved existence of gravitational waves, a major breakthrough in science.
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New Technology Could Help Detect Gravitational Waves Better
The team from MIT and Australian National University report on improvements to what is called a squeezed vacuum source.
